Rhetorical Analysis

"The next part of Haley’s article is strong. This is where he gains his credibility through his knowledge of not only presidential candidates, but governors as well. By explaining these parts, he shows us that he knows, to an extent, the system. This helps his credibility when we read his article. He explains that you can count the Interior West candidates very easily because we have not had very many. Haley makes strong arguments because he backs it up with real data. He says, “Westerners, including Coloradans, have run for the Oval Office… but only rarely do they make the final ticket.” He explains how Congressman Tom Tancredo and Senator Gary Hart both ran, but eventually neither of them made it. I also like the part of the article in which he uses Mike Stratton, a Denver political consultant, as a source. This gives an outside perspective on the topic at hand. This is well done, and could have been developed further to make a very strong argument." This is a paragraph taken out of my rhetorical analysis. I think this has some good points, but I want to develop it further. After reading it, I need to explain my ideas in a clearer manner, which I believe will help make my topic better. Throughout my whole essay, I found I needed to do a lot more explaining of myself in order to get across the point I was trying to make. For me, this was a difficult task, and I still have a lot of work to do.